A 5000-year record of agriculture and tropical forest clearance in the Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Goman, Michelle ^a   Byrne, Roger ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Classic Dry Phase; Holocene; Human impact; Mexico; Prehistoric maize agriculture; Rainforest regeneration; Tropical forest history; Tuxtlas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICS;

MEXICO; TUXTLAS; VERACRUZ STATE;

EID: 0031951804     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398670396093     Document Type: Article

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